Walk Route Map ch101 Shutlingsloe and Wildboarclough from Ridgegate Reservoir

Walk ch101 Shutlingsloe and Wildboarclough from Ridgegate Reservoir

The 'Cheshire Matterhorn' - varied walking with one steep ascent

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¼mls (11.5km)
Ascent:	1,598ft (487m)
Time:	4¼hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk ch101 Shutlingsloe and Wildboarclough from Ridgegate Reservoir pdf

Route outline for walk ch101:

Ridgegate Reservoir - Leather's Smithy - Trentabank Reservoir - Higher Ridgegate - Macclesfield Forest - Shutlingsloe - Wildboarclough - Higher Nabbs Farm - Oaken Clough - Oakenclough Farm - Pot Lords - The Hanging Gate - The Gritstone Trail - Throstles Nest Farm - Ridgegate Reservoir

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Dewey

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Shutlingsloe at 506m (1660ft). Shutlingsloe is also known as an English Dewey (170th highest in England, 394th in England & Wales) The summit of Shutlingsloe is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Gritstone Trail, a 56km (35 miles) linear footpath connecting Disley in Cheshire, England with Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England. The Gritstone Trail is waymarked by a black boot and a yellow G. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Gritstone Trail.

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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL24 The Peak District - White Peak area

268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield & Congleton, Altrincham, Knutsford & Sandbach

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

118 Stoke-on-Trent & Macclesfield

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ch101 Shutlingsloe and Wildboarclough from Ridgegate Reservoir

In no particular order . . .

Shutlingsloe Summit

Photo: Paul Stewart (4)

Log Pile in Macclesfield Forest

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (30)

Sean on Shutlingsloe

Photo: Becky Downey (1)

Macclesfield Forest

Photo: Andrew Mulligan (3)

Macclesfield Forest

Photo: Andrew Mulligan (2)

Croker Hill from The Hanging Gate above Pot Lords

Photo: Harry Starkey (34)

The Leather Smithy, Ridgegate Reservoir

Photo: Tim Hope (17)

The Leather's Smithy, Ridgegate Reservoir, Langley

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (27)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Photo: Andrew Mulligan (1)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (51)

Tegg's Nose from Ridgegate Reservoir

Photo: Paul Hollingdrake (53)

Ridgegate Reservoir

Photo: Tim Hope (20)

Shutlingsloe summit

Photo: Andrew Mulligan (6)

Wildboarclough

Photo: Mark Grindrod (7)

The stream in Wildboarclough in spate

Photo: Mark Grindrod (5)

Looking North from the summit of Shutlingsloe

Photo: David Morecroft (1)

Shutlingsloe from High Moor on the edge of Macclesfield Forest

Photo: Andrew Mulligan (5)

Shutlingsloe from the edge of Macclesfield Forest

Photo: Tim Hope (18)

Trentabank Reservoir, Macclesfield Forest

Photo: Kevin Goodwin (3)

Nearing the summit of Shutlingsloe

Photo: Kevin Goodwin (1)

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